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ICC World Cup 2015: Sri Lanka vs Scotland - Five match facts

ICC World Cup 2015: Sri Lanka vs Scotland - Five match facts

Five match facts for Wednesday`s World Cup Pool A game between Sri Lanka and Scotland at Bellerive Oval, Hobart.

  • Kyle Coetzer needs 29 runs to become the third player to score 1,000 ODI runs for Scotland. Richie Berrington is 78 runs short of the landmark.
  • Against Australia, Tillakaratne Dilshan became the fifth Sri Lankan to score 1,000 World Cup runs. No other team has more than three players with 1,000 runs in World Cups.
  • Lasith Malinga has bowled 44 yorkers in the tournament, 18 more than any other bowler.
  • Suranga Lakmal has had the most catches dropped off his bowling in the tournament -- six.
  • Coetzer has scored 268 runs at an average of 53.6 in his last five ODI innings against Test-playing nations.